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“These Are Sparta's Walls” To quote Lycurgus, lawgiver of Sparta, “A city is well-fortified which has a wall of men instead of brick”. This is the quote I keep hearing or reading in various sources across the internet. How historically accurate is that?

by /u/Garrettshade in /r/AskHistorians

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